REUTERS INSTITUTE – 07/04/2020
Dr. J. Scott Brennen
Felix Simon
Dr Philip N. Howard
Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Tuesday 7 April 2020In this factsheet we identify some of the main types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation seen so far. We analyse a sample of 225 pieces of misinformation rated false or misleading by fact-checkers and published in English between January and the end of March 2020, drawn from a collection of fact-checks maintained by First Draft.
We find that: